# Modern Family, September 28, 2011 -- "Phil On Wire" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-september-28-2011-phil-on-wire/598053 "2011-09-29T19:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-september-28-2011-phil-on-wire/598053/21 "2011-09-30T12:51:17Z")
i think they’ve been pretty mindful of toning down the doofus this season, and overall. he’s orders of magnitude more toned down than michael scott ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-september-28-2011-phil-on-wire/598053/22 "2011-09-30T12:56:15Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Mitch’s boss, not Cam’s. You’re right, they just look so much alike, I always confuse them. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-september-28-2011-phil-on-wire/598053/23 "2011-09-30T14:59:30Z")
I remember there was an episode where they got the dog but I can’t remember the details of how or why. Can somebody jog my memory? ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-september-28-2011-phil-on-wire/598053/24 "2011-09-30T15:08:06Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I remember there was an episode where they got the dog but I can’t remember the details of how or why. Can somebody jog my memory? Gloria wanted Jay to help the dog’s owner with his business idea - “Good Dog” and “Bad Dog” treats. Jay told the guy it was the worst idea ever, and he decided to go back to school or something, so he couldn’t keep the dog. Gloria wanted to keep it, Jay was going to bring it back to the guy, and it’s a bulldog, so of course he couldn’t get rid of it. Ta-da, they have an adorable dog. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-september-28-2011-phil-on-wire/598053/25 "2011-09-30T15:10:41Z")
I thought it was a decent episode. It certainly made me LOL several times. Being one of the best shows on television, even a decent episode of Modern Family is still 100% more watcheable than almost anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-september-28-2011-phil-on-wire/598053/26 "2011-09-30T16:45:32Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > From [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/trivia): > “Nolan Gould, who plays “dumb” Luke Dunphy, has actually been a member of Mensa since he was four.” Jeeze, that sounds like something a Doper would brag about. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-september-28-2011-phil-on-wire/598053.md?page=1)